Given that this was Lausanne's season of return to the Super League, les Bleus' only real goal was to stay up and, from that perspective, they should be pleased with the season they had, but they will hardly shake off the feeling that they could have done so much more.
Fabio Celestini's men entered the season with high hopes and obviously looking to maintain the no-holds-barred attacking football they played in the Challenge League. They were flying early in the season, even moving up to second in the table with ten games played, but things started to unravel for them after that, as they went on a 14-games winless run which lasted from October to March, with this run of results getting them dragged into the relegation zone.
They ultimately had too much quality in their ranks to be leapfrogged by Vaduz and managed to secure their survival with two games to spare, but their fans will be wondering about what exactly happened to the side which looked so impressive early on only to end up just managing to get over the line.
What is particularly worrying for Lausanne is their home record. They won only three home games all season, with their most recent home victory coming on October the second, when they crushed Lugano with a 4:1 scoreline. This time around, they had Vaduz to finish above and therefore stay in the league, but Zurich, who will almost certainly not be fighting to beat relegation, will be in the division next season, and les Bleus will have to significantly improve if they are to stay up.
